Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 324 - 321 Taoyuan Tragedy

Chapter 324: Chapter 321 Taoyuan Tragedy

Time within the "Immortal Peach Orchard" had shifted from noon to sunset, yet in the mortal world, it still remained midday.

A gathering of guests were just at the point of flushed faces with wine flowing freely.

As one "Flat Peach" after another, emitting a rich exotic fragrance, continuously fell from the sky, the fine wine and delicacies of the "Flat Peach Banquet" instantly lost their appeal.

Even some misshapen demons drooled from their mouths, corroding a large hole into the white jade ground with a "sizzling" sound.

"Here it comes, here it comes at last! It’s even more fragrant than human flesh, huhu..."

"This time we actually picked a whole forty-five peaches? The work of the ’Seven Fairies’ is truly indispensable.

It seems next year we must ask them to make another trip."

"It’s a pity that top-grade flat peaches are met but not sought, one may not encounter them even in four or five years.

But with such a bountiful harvest this time, not a single top-grade flat peach was picked, such a pity, truly a pity!

Even if I can’t taste it, having the fortune to smell it would be wonderful."

"This is the scent! Last year I was lucky enough to get a low-grade flat peach, and that taste is unforgettable to this day.

The peaches picked this time seem to be even better in appearance than last year’s, they must be greatly nourishing, we are indeed fortunate!"

"..."

Unfortunately, not all "Yellow Seal Mages" were able to receive a middle-grade flat peach, even with Old Master Wang’s tearful fire sale of top-tier packages.

Upon counting, there were a total of eighteen "Yellow Seal Mages" on the main seats of both inside and outside the "Peach God Tao" congregation.

There were also several times more "Yin Gods" and mages in the "True Qi Realm" accompanying them on the side seats.

After the distribution by a Yellow Seal head of "Peach God Tao," the three weakest mages could only regretfully receive three low-grade flat peaches each as compensation.

The remaining "Red Seal" of "Peach God Tao" shared the twenty-one leftover low-grade fruits.

Wang Yuan, who had already retired with the other "Seven Fairies" to the side hall of the Divine Palace, shook his head lightly at the sight of this group of demons and monsters:

"If every evil demon from this world could eat a few peaches, the world would surely turn into a beautiful mortal realm.

Unfortunately, my Old Master Wang’s purse can’t sustain it, and it seems neither can West King Holy Mother’s Immortal Peach Orchard.

I should strive to become a "Corpse Dissection Immortal" as soon as possible and chop them all down cleanly with one slash!"

"Deceit Peaches" are not inexhaustible like the "Rashamon Bone."

After eating the flat peaches, the remaining pits are just one-time "Deceit Objects," which will wither and die immediately after bearing fruit.

Were it not for the large amount of Qi-Blood sustenance from the "Deceit Market," which allows each pit to bear two or three "Deceit Peaches" in one growth,

Wang Yuan would probably have had to pour all his stock into them to barely meet the needs of all the evil demons.

This is still after he nearly dug up the roots of the "Flat Peach Trees."

If a stable supply channel cannot be found in the future, this tactic of silently trapping and killing people is likely to gradually become a thing of the past.

It wasn’t until he saw these evil demons swallowing the "Flat Peaches" like Zhu Bajie eating the Ginsengfruit, that Wang Yuan finally looked away from them with satisfaction and turned to look at "Su Guyun," who appeared to be wandering in outer heaven by his side.

Since Su Guyun had successfully split her true spirit into three, her "Reincarnation" naturally revolved only among those three "True Spirits."

Even if the one before him was not the same one who had just returned from the heavens, it had no impact on her whatsoever.

After knowing her purpose for coming to "Taoyuan," Wang Yuan naturally probed further.

He quickly discovered through "Ghost Ear Listening" that as Su Guyun returned successfully, the three thousand Moluo men and women in the crowd, indistinguishable from the natives, like her body, had suddenly vacant eyes.

They then seemed to be directed by an invisible hand, each taking a specific position within the crowd, vaguely forming a gigantic living formation.

Each Moluo person within was a "Human Pillar."

Wang Yuan noted that the increase of "Tribulation Energy" overhead wasn’t significant, confirming that it was not a formation for a large-scale killing and blood sacrifice, and he simply let it be.

In the moment that formation took shape.

At the most prominent entrance to the Divine Palace on the outskirts of the "Flat Peach Banquet,"

a female officer garbed in armor and wielding a long sword, responsible for maintaining order, suddenly leaped onto the palace gate crowded with masses praying.

This female officer was petite and fair-skinned, clearly also a Moluo woman!

"It’s finally starting."

Wang Yuan, who had been more attentive than Su Guyun to rituals and had long wanted to prompt her, finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Clearly,

this Moluo female officer was the second "True Spirit" identity of Su Guyun, apart from the white-garbed gentleman from "Dragon Gate Inn,"

and the prototype of the "Pure Yin Dharma Body."

She suddenly drew her sword, raised it high towards the sky, and with the "Military Skill Realm" of a "Daoist Soldier," she summoned all her strength and shouted at the crowd:

"Fellow villagers, please hear me out.

It’s all fake! Everything in this Taoyuan is actually fake!

What you eat, what you use, where you live... even your parents, spouses, and children are all fake!

There is simply no such thing as a worry-free, prosperous, and long-lived ’Paradise’ in the world. All that exists is the ’Taoyuan Mysterious Country’!

We are all just living in an illusion meticulously woven by demons, merely as reserves of food for them.

Everyone, wake up! Wake up!"

This situation felt like yet another reincarnation.

In a daze, Wang Yuan seemed to have returned to his first day in "Taoyuan,"

seeing the "mad" youth who saw through the reality, running wildly in the streets while trying to wake up those immersed in the fake world.

But this time, the outcome might be somewhat different.

From the top of the mountain to the bottom, most people in the Peach Blossom Spring immediately saw the woman who was shouting at the top of her voice, and heard her cries that sounded like thunder.

There was an instant uproar among the crowd.

Some were curiously watching, some had flickering eyes, some were cursing and scolding her for deluding the public... All forms of life were on display here.

As for the demons and ghosts who had just finished eating the flat peaches and were digesting them, they looked at her as if she was a laughably silly figure, seeking attention.

Seizing the opportunity of the March 3rd Flat Peach Banquet when the people gathered to reveal the truth, certainly was much stronger than those ignorant ones who were shouting in the streets.

But in their eyes, she was just another deluded soul, trying futilely to shake a tree by beating against it, an overestimating insect trying to stop a chariot—pitiable!

At best, she was merely an amusing diversion during their banquet.

How could a realm ruled by a "Green Seal Strange Immortal" possibly be easily broken by mere mortals, with just a few words?

Only a "Peach God Tao" disciple who got the last seat and a low-grade "Deceit Peach" immediately jumped to his feet.

This Red Seal Mage of the True Qi Realm was clearly the direct person in charge of maintaining order in the Divine Palace.

Others may watch the show, but how could he?

Taking quick steps forward, he immediately cursed "Su Guyun" at the top of the palace gate:

"You wretched bitch, get down from there... Ergh..."

The next moment, the Devil Path lurched forward, clutching his heart.

He felt as though a ferocious worm was writhing and rolling in his chest, having bitten him viciously.

But the pain came fast and went away just as quickly, so he didn’t take it too seriously.

Yet, it was the snickers of the demons and ghosts behind him that infuriated the Devil Path more. He waved his hand and pulled out a talisman, barking:

"Bitch! Bitch! Get down here right now, I must make you realize how formidable I am today..."

But as he said all this in one breath.

Thump!

He suddenly clutched his heart again and fell to the ground; his legs kicked out violently and he stopped breathing completely.

"Junior brother, what’s wrong with you?!"

Someone from the same table, sensing something wrong, quickly went over to check on him, but after calling out twice, realized that the junior brother had stopped breathing.

Until that moment, the Daoist had not realized the gravity of the situation, and subconsciously exclaimed:

"Not good, junior brother was literally angered to death by that wretched woman!"

Yet, as soon as he uttered "wretched woman," he too clutched his chest and fell to the ground.

Thump!

His face turned deathly pale, and large beads of sweat "plink-plonk" fell to the ground like raindrops.

Hiss—!

Seeing this, the other demons and ghosts finally realized something was amiss and looked squarely for the first time at "Su Guyun" standing atop the palace gate.

"What have you done, you demoness? What devilry have you used against the immortals?!"

One of the Daoists who was seated with the two also felt a chill.

After shouting angrily, he spit fiercely on the ground.

Thump!

After he spat, he too fell to the ground, writhing in agony.

A fox-eared old man looking demon swallowed and quickly took a draw from his dry pipe to calm his nerves.

Smoking in a public place.

Thump!

Another one.

Another demon, scared, immediately threw away the peach pit he had just finished nibbling on.

Thump!

The moment the peach pit hit the ground, because he littered without thinking, he too fell down.

Just then.

A bloody sprout suddenly appeared on the chest of the first Daoist lying dead on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it grew into a peach tree, blooming with blood-red peach blossoms.

A fragrance all too familiar to the demons and ghosts began to emanate.

Finally realizing where the problem lay, the demons and ghosts now only wanted to vomit, to expel the "Deceit Objects" they had consumed.

"Truly spectacular!"

The education and knowledge absorbed by the "Deceit Peach" was so vast that even Wang Yuan, the instigator, couldn’t tell exactly which rule they had violated.

The "Hundred Feet Rules" state: "In diligence, holding precepts is the foremost. In sickness, reduce your meal as if it’s medicine.

Annoyance is Bodhi when endured with patience. Disputes are liberation when not argued...."

The "Tai Xiao Lang Book Ten Virtues and Ten Vices" says:

"In action and creation, virtues and sins are immeasurable, among the countless virtues and sins, ten are the beginnings of evil.

First is idle talk, second is flowery speech, third is double-tongued, fourth is cursing—these four are oral evils, the opposite are virtues..."

The "Student Rules", "Women’s Training", the twenty-four characters mantra... each has its own standard.

On reflection, these demons and ghosts must be suffering so much because they... er, lack manners!

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